How much do you spend on patterns each month?

[Amy]

Okay, here's another one.

[terrybb]

I don't spend as much on patterns as I do on yarn because I already own almost every pattern ever designed. LOL

[Wildflwr]

I don't spend much on patterns. I already have quite a few (okay probably more then I will ever make). I definitely spend more money on ink and paper for my printer from printing them from online when I see something I like.

[artemis]

Are we counting magazines that we buy partly for the patterns?

[Amy]

Yes, magazines and books count as patterns!

[lhasaapsolady]

I have 3 different crochet magazine subscriptions, do they count. The rest are just buy when I see something in annies, herrshcners, or mary maxim that I like.

[anu_paradox]

I haven't spent any money yet. When I find a pattern I like and it isn't free then I put it in my "when I'm less poor" list. Right now I'm saving all of my money for yarn and thread and to get the "Crochet Stitch Bible".

[Yarn Duck]

I tend to buy crochet magazines when I come across one in Border's. (It's a sickness, I can't stop myself.)

I usually get money for Christmas so I go on a pattern buying spree each spring. I love to support pattern designers! And I've already got a list of patterns I hope to buy next year.

(I have way too many crochet and knit patterns, magazine, and books. I'll never live long enough to make them all but I love to sit and just read patterns, look at the pictures, and add to my list of WIMs.)

[WhiteElephant]

I try to stick to making my own patterns so I really dont spend all that much on em... The only reason I spend as much as i do is because I have three or four mag subscriptions.

[Roli]

In the past I spent a lot of money on patterns but now that I have them all I'm slowing down! It's mostly magazines and books at this point.

[unicorn37757]

I've gotten so many pattern books over the years that now I try to find the free ones cause it's a case of overload!

[jenny]

I also have more patterns and books than I will ever need.Somebody stop me because I keep buying.

 

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[tezcatlipoca98]

I only really buy the crochet/knit magazines after I have paged through them and decided some of the features are things I can do. Other than that I just try not to hoard books.

[busy]

I don't spend much either. Not monthly anyway. If I do buy a pattern, I tend to buy a pattern books or mags and that is like ever 3 or 4 months. Rowan is my favorite (knitting) and it is imported and very pricey. So I stick with local crochet/knitting mags. I also like to get my patterns on line for free and experiement. I suppose when I get better I'll want to buy more patterns.

[tygger428]

And I have been spending way too much money lately, between Lion Brand (yarn for Desert Poncho, Lion Brand Suede fringed poncho, pattern is free but yarn (darn it all LOL) isn't), Knitpicks' Telemark Ski sweater, and some Reynolds Saucy sport for a T shirt pattern I found & bought on Patternworks. The number I voted under in the poll is only an average, August was off the scale LOL

[salos]

With all the wonderful free patterns online, why buy? There's also the public library, although ours has way too much 70's stuff.

[pixiedust]

I almost never buy patterns, unless it's something that I NEED for a specific project. There are more free patterns on the internet than I could ever finish in a lifetime, and I enjoy coming up with my own patterns as well.

[Shellybrook]

LOL...I can't seem to follow a pattern. I've NEVER spent a dime on a pattern!

[caffiendess]

I have mag subscriptions, other than that I don't spend much on patterns.... maybe every few months if I see something I gotta have....... but I already have tons of books.

Cece

[Gran]

Don't spend much on patterns at all, as I like to make up my own.

[mpmuskie]

I don't spend anything on patterns. If I want a pattern, I usually find it on the web for free. If I want a pattern book I get it from the Library. Because I am blind, the National Library for the blind has any book I could possibly want to borrow.

Mel

[nutz4crochet]

I don't spend much on single patterns. I will buy a book or magazine if I see something I must have and only if I can get a good deal.

[yarndiva]

I buy patterns mostly for inspiraion and then make my own designs when I get frustrated at the weird instructions on some of the patterns.

 

Now with the influx of awesome crochet books and super cheap prices from amazon, the addiction is getting stronger and....must....stop.....buying......

[Lesalicious]

Don't follow patterns at all I mainly go by eye, trail and error with what I make. been doing great that way for awhile. I'll buy books and mags that has ideas for me to crochet but, follow a pattern can't do:)

[amdm]

I so, so envy people who can just buy patterns that take their fancy. Hardly any crochet publications are available here in India, and I do not have an international credit card. So I just gaze longingly at advertisements on the net, and do without. What I crave most of all are Patricia Kristofferson's doiley patterns, maybe, one day, I will see them in a bookshop here.